diff --git a/examples/bootstrap-script/README.md b/examples/bootstrap-script/README.md
index f08a3b8d..d2f27053 100644
--- a/examples/bootstrap-script/README.md
+++ b/examples/bootstrap-script/README.md
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ Here's an example on what you could do in your shell script. See also
 
 # - The first parameter for the Bootstrap Script is the USER.
 USER=$1
-if ["$USER" == ""]; then
+if [ "$USER" == "" ]; then
     exit 1
 fi
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/examples/bootstrap-script/bootstrap.sh b/examples/bootstrap-script/bootstrap.sh
index 405c8694..417d8463 100755
--- a/examples/bootstrap-script/bootstrap.sh
+++ b/examples/bootstrap-script/bootstrap.sh
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 # - The first parameter for the Bootstrap Script is the USER.
 USER=$1
-if ["$USER" == ""]; then
+if [ "$USER" == "" ]; then
     exit 1
 fi
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------------------